Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00c0d78b88aa4d53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 20:54:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4ed16bbd694467f1b482edf2f3eda4c9 SHA-1: 6462aadbba0e12fe4ae94e9f4c63204a75653779 SHA-256: 00c0d78b88aa4d53e5fc1de35316d3e49c7dbcf694f348a7737408e25c8b77cd
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of QR code and callback lures further supports a phishing or social engineering attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://randoquad72.fr/userfiles/file/mugupivowapeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pamukoglu.com/userfiles/file/50253162854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/99024381952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consade.com/userfiles/file/mijiwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavaszitura.eu/userfiles/files/52578109337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osmed.cz/app/webroot/files/files/bodogoforowukomuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79747404292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142721f33c3e---88214211753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/8050173559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patoman.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30881828203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibeguiristain.com/userfiles/files/janipemopiworep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ba01efb5e---vidodibonuwasojitewen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/tugebemojonesoxeletotigal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricoconsultingattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mebojumajapakusabulogufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elementsgogreen.com/userfiles/file/fekosox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4igiroc2q5jsn4en1nvjbson5/serovawukorawimelep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homelife-superstars.com/image/files/43067482493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurtoglumob.com/upload/file/48866989937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijfbn.com/editor_up/6759733369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturpix.ch/cmsimages/file/jowivukagugizamivewexoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxxbs.com/uploadfiles/file/a/vikigedegavudijojasibeled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zopuleluxinuxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/676ff9d9e3081b532f008f6495eb0f1b/17291098544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161428da4968b9---kekimewekarejomirugoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viveironativodevicosa.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sumeregezekoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=can+my+phone+read+a+qr+codePDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e309.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE309 17736 bytes
SHA-256: 4888459d72b1a5dc1d04484d26e5e3472e5c02f270bdafbb1070bffd15b34183
font_01_sfnt_off00011106.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11106 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001291d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1291D 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 12c5b0a7f3e6fecb683e6369dbd547f36ef13f49b60cb3fe81acd7a764718921